Leadership & Management Development: Benefits and Employee Choice

This report explores the significance of leadership and management development (LMD) programs in enhancing organizational efficiency and competitiveness. It emphasizes the benefits of LMD, including increased productivity, employee retention, and improved decision-making, particularly in the context of globalization and diverse workforces. The report identifies key employees for LMD involvement, such as potential managers and leaders, and discusses approaches for selecting employees based on performance, communication skills, and team spirit. It also highlights the importance of performance management plans, multi-source feedback, and 360-degree appraisal methods for employee evaluation. The report concludes that effective LMD programs positively impact organizational performance by developing managerial capabilities and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, ultimately aligning with organizational goals and objectives.

2020
Leadership and Management Development
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
LMD Benefit to Organisation....................................................................................................2
Employees involved in LMD.....................................................................................................3
Approaches and Techniques to identify Employees..................................................................4
Evaluating LMD and Employee Choice....................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The organisations are required to focus on the improved efficiency so that they can achieve
set goals and objectives within the industry. The introduction of the international trade has
resulted in the increased competition within the industry, due to which the organisation is
focusing on the implementing the leadership and management development programs (LMD)
within the organisation so that the skills and capabilities of the employees can be effectively
improved within the organisation and the organisational efficiency can be achieved (Thorpe,
2016).
The LMD program within the organisation requires that the management focuses on
effectively analysing the organisation and the industry requirements; accordingly develop
policies to improve the organisational leadership and managerial efficiency. The LMD results
in having a positive impact on the organisational performance within the industry and helps
in achieving a competitive position within the industry (Gold, et al., 2010). The analysis is
focused on analysing the benefits of LMD within the Private-sector organisation and
effectively focusing on the approaches through which the management can focus upon
selecting employees to be involved within the process. The organisation deals with clients
internationally therefore it requires effective leaders and management within the organisation.
LMD Benefit to Organisation
Leadership and management development program within the organisation are implemented
with a focus towards positive impact over the organisation, as the organisation incurs cost
over the program development as well as its implementation; therefore, it is required that the
program results in providing benefit to the organisation. The major benefits that the
organisation gets through the implementation of the LMD programme are the increased
productivity, as with such programs the employees can develop their skills and accordingly
contributes towards the increased performance of the organisation. Helps in retaining people
within the organisation, increases employee engagement and also results in effective decision
making within the organisation (Courtney, 2015).
The leadership and management development within the organisation is focused on
improving the efficiency of the organisation within the industry and focus on four major
contexts such as globalisation, diversity within the organisation, structural change and
knowledge-based economy. As with the recent developments within the industry it is

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required that the organisations focus on international trade and globalisation of the business
activities, therefore they are required to focus on the developing the skills and competencies
of the workforce as well as the entire organisation, as along with the international trade the
organisation has to deal with a diverse workforce and knowledge-based economy, which
involves the utilisation of the innovative approaches within the organisation. Therefore,
implementing LMD programs within the organisation helps the organisation to deal with in
the global business environment and effectively and lead towards achieving goals and
objectives (Carbery & Garavan, 2012).
A research conducted by Dr McBain, Professor A. Ghobadian, J. Switzer, P. Wilton, P.
Woodman and G. Pearson reflects that LMD programs within the organisation results in
improving the efficiency of the organisation at every level of the organisation including the
managerial level as well as the subordinate level, as nearly half of the companies within the
UK believes that their line manager is ineffective and requires proper training to improve
their skills, the managers within the organisation requires to use different activities through
which they can develop leadership abilities within them and can lead the workforce of the
organisation towards achieving the goals and objectives of the organisation. Also,
investments by organisations in LMD results in achieving higher returns on investments and
support in business development within the industry (McBain, et al., 2012).
The organisations require effective leaders and managers within the organisation to achieve
organisational effectiveness within the industry, as the leaders within the organisation are
entitled to lead the workforce towards the organisational goals and effective management
within the organisation will result in managing the activities within the organisation,
therefore it is required that the organisation focus on the leadership and managerial
development within the organisation so that the efficiency of the managers as well as leaders
within the organisation can be improved. LMD also focus on developing the organisational
culture and impacts the learning and behavioural change within the organisation. Therefore, it
is required that the management focuses on linking the LMD with the organisational
performance and develop strategies so that the ultimate goals and objectives can be achieved
(Gold, et al., 2013).
Employees involved in LMD
The LMD program is effective for the employees involved in managerial and leadership roles
within the organisation, such as potential managers of the organisation, leaders or the

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managers who are involved in the structural and workforce management within the
organisation, managers responsible for maintaining strategic roles within the organisation. As
the program is focused on developing leaders for the organisation that would be able to lead
the organisation towards achieving success within the industry. Therefore, it is required that
the management focuses on effectively highlighting and selecting employees that are required
to be included in the LMD program (Albrecht, et al., 2015).
The LMD programs within the organisation are required to be focussed on achieving the
goals and objectives of the organisation within the changing industry. The selection of the
group of employees within the organisation also depends on different contexts such as the
sector in which the organisation is dealing in i.e. public or private sector, international
business environment or in domestic context or the size of the industry in which it is
operating. As according to the context in which the business is operating the requirements
within the organisation vary (Vaccaro, et al., 2010).
The international business requires that the organisation focus on developing a culture within
the organisation focused on the international market, as while dealing within the international
market it is required that the management focus on the workforce management, due to
involvement of the diverse workforce within the organisation, the leaders, as well as the
managers within the organisation, should focus on the international as well as the national
culture within the organisation so that the employees can be managed effectively within the
organisation (Hofstede, 2020). Therefore, it is required that the organisation focus on
involving line managers as well as the leaders within the organisations operating at different
levels, so that they can effectively maintain a diverse culture within the organisation
(Podsiadlowski, et al., 2013).
The managers, as well as leaders within the organisation, are required to be included in the
LMD programs as they are responsible for managing the operational activities and workforce
within the organisation effectively. With effective training provided to the managers as well
as leaders within the organisation, the organisation can conduct activity effectively
irrespective of the nature of the size of the organisation and the context in which they are
operating business (Hughes & Terrell, 2011).

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Approaches and Techniques to identify Employees
The organisation is required to focus on effectively identifying the employees that are
required to be involved within the LMD process, such identification can be done through
analysing the capabilities of the available workforce within the organisation. As the LMD is
focused on developing leadership as well as managerial skills among the employees working
within the organisation; therefore the management can focus on the basic skills to
differentiate among the employees such as the ability of the employee to communicate and
lead effectively, self-motivated and dedicated, focused towards continuous improvement
within the work quality and having a team-spirit (Creighton, 2019).
The employees can be effectively highlighted based on their performance within the
organisation. The management should focus on developing performance management plans,
through which they can effectively analyse the performance of the employees within the
organisation, the performance management includes performance appraisals, performance
reviews and feedbacks, maintaining scorecards and critically analysing the performance
management results within the organisation (Llopis, 2012). The performance of the
employees can be analysed through multi-source feedback from different sources and
perspectives, and through 360-degree appraisal methods, so that the selection of effective
employees can be ensured within the LMD process (Baroda, et al., 2012).
The feedback is effective in identifying the employee for LMD, as it provides the employee
with a reflection or the self-analysis opportunity about his performance within the
organisation. The feedback can be provided to the employee through multiple sources so that
the employee can effectively focus on performance improvement as per the feedback
received from multiple sources. The feedback is an effective method of performance
management within the organisation and identifying potential employees within the
organisation (Bracken & Church, 2013).
Along with identifying potential employees within the organisation, it is required that the
organisation also focus on the development of the LMD plan and effectively analyse it so that
the goals and objectives can be achieved within the organisation. To develop an LMD plan it
is required that the organisation focus on various internal aspects such as the leadership style
being followed within the organisation, the organisational culture and the workforce
differences within the organisation. As development of effective LMD process results in
improved managerial capabilities which leads towards the improved management practice

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and has a positive impact on the business performance within the industry and provides
positive business outcomes (Carbery & Garavan, 2012).
Evaluating LMD and Employee Choice
The LMD process involves effectively analysing the business environment and identifying
the gaps within the environment and accordingly identifying the employees or the group of
employees that are required to be involved within the process, after that effectively focus on
developing program strategy and the policies to improve the management and leadership
within the organisation, during the process it is required that the LMD program is effectively
linked with the organisation strategies, culture as well as the workforce of the organisation, so
that the process can effectively lead toward achieving the business goals and objectives
(Assaf, 2016).
The process development can be done based on the different approaches such as quality or
trait approach which is focused on identifying the workforce requirements within the
organisation for the performance development, apart from the quality approach the
management can focus upon the behavioural approach or the leadership approach within the
organisation as such approach help in focusing on the performance within the organisation
and accordingly developing policies to improve the overall performance of the organisation.
Therefore, to effectively identify the employees that are required to be included within the
LMD process need to be identified by effectively analysing the performances of the
employees and the organisational goals and objectives (Zenger, 2013).
Conclusion
The leadership and management development program has a positive impact on the
performance of the organisation. As with an effective LMD program, the leaders and
managers within the organisation can develop their skills and capabilities which leads
towards improved organisational performance within the industry. To ensure that the LMD
programs are effectively implemented within the organisation the management is required to
focus on the organisation’s internal as well as external competencies so that the key areas can
be identified and accordingly the programs can be developed so that the organisational
effectiveness can be improved (Carbery & Garavan, 2012).
The management is required to focus on the different aspects within the organisation
including the leadership within the organisation, the organisational culture as well as the

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diverse workforce within the organisation, as the LMD program should include all the aspects
of the organisation so that the overall efficiency of the organisation can be ensured and the
organisational managerial and leadership effectiveness can be improved which ensures that
the activities conducted within the organisation are as per the organisational goals and
objectives.

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